Khosla: Waymo and Cruise self-driving models are not transformative for cities
Vinod Khosla · Vinod Khosla: How AI Impacts Healthcare, Energy, Geo-Politics, Media and Climate Change | E1045 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Aug 7, 2023 · at 42:48
Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, contrasts standard autonomous vehicle approaches like Waymo and Cruise with public transit innovations.
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“I think the Waymo approach and the cruise approach is nice. It adds functionality. It's not transformative of cities.”
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